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The Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore is shown in October 2024. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
Dec 1, 2025

Big Tech lawsuit over MD ‘Kids Code’ can move forward, judge rules

A Big Tech lawsuit against Maryland over its 2024 “Kids Code,” a law intended to protect the data and privacy of minors, is moving forward.

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)
Aug 12, 2025

States weigh higher costs for big tech data centers

States push back as big tech data centers drive power demand, raising electric bills and sparking calls for higher costs on tech firms.

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May 9, 2023

Md. high court tosses lawsuit that challenged digital advertising tax

The Maryland Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit from a group of internet providers who challenged the state's first-in-the-nation digital ad tax.

Lina Khan, then-nominee for commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Jun 23, 2021

House legislation targets Big Tech’s power, could force breakups

A House panel is pushing ahead with legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.

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Jun 14, 2021

Big Tech breakups could be forced under bills unveiled in House

House lawmakers put forward a sweeping legislative package that could curb the market power of Big Tech companies and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.